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Lettere Patent No. 74,598, elated February 18, 1868; ant'edated February 6, i868.

IMPROVED PLATE-LIFTER.

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i .I g Y n TO ALL WHOM II MAY CONCERN: i V v u Be it known that L GEORGE O. ROE, of Connntsville, .in the county' of Tolland, and State of Connecticut,

have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Li'ters for Lifting Plates; and I do hereby declare that thel following is a-full, clear, and exact'deseription of the same, reference b eing had to the accompanying drawings, making a portion of tbisspeciiioation, in which Figure 1 is a plan-view of a device constructed according to my invention. -Figure 2 is a side view 'of the same. v Similar letters of rreference indicate corresponding partsin both gures. 4 The object of this invention is to provide an eiiicient means whereby plates containing pies, or other like onditi'on, without danger of burning the hands ofthe person thus lifting the ssidplates..V l The invention consists in two hooked arms provided uponra suitable shank, and so combined-with a sliding hook that, by moving the said sliding hook upon,the shank, the plate may be grasped between the sinne and tbehooks otthe arms aforesaid, thereby eilectually securing the desired result.'

, To enable others to understand the nature `and construction of my invention, I will proceed to describe it*` with reference to the drawings. v Y

A represents twostrong' wires, which are fitted into a suitable handle', B, andthe inner portions a of which constitute the shank of the device, the outerjportion 6 of each wire being bentl laterally at an angle to the shank, as represented in iig, 1, and forming an arm, the extremity of lwhich is bent down into the form ofa hook, as shown at a.

VCiindicates a slide, provided with two longitudinal slots, through which the shankpa is passed. Extending downward froinvthe forward ond of this Slide is a. hook, c,`the shape and position of which` are shown more clearly in iig. 2; v

In using the device, the arms baro extended over the plate to be lifted, and the hooks aare made to catch under the edge oi' the' plate at oneside thereof, whereupon the slide C is moved forward togbring the hook c l runder' the edge at the side of the plate opposite tho hooksa, in such manner that the plate, being thus caught at its edges'by thot'hree hooks, may then be lift'edand carried from place to place with very great convenience, A andwithout danger or liability of burning the handsof the person handling the plates.A The hold of the device upon the plate is rendered-very secure from the fact that the elasticity of Vthe arms b permits them to spring laterally when the sliding hook c is brought up to its place, so that the friiction exerted by the shank a upon i the slide, through which it passes, prevents the said slide from slipping back, the hooks being by this means kept constantly pressed to theirplaces.

Furthermore, inasmuch as the sliding hook c may tbc moved to any desired point upon the shank, the device may be employed for lifting plates varying very much in size.

What I elnimas my invention, and desire to'secure by Letters Patent, is

The lifter, composed of the hooked arms b, shank a, and sliding hook h, the whole arranged-and operating GEORGE o. non.

Witnesses:

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